PH continues hunt for elusive Olympic gold in Tokyo

By Jeremiah M. Sevilla

Oct 11, 2019 12:16 am

The hunt for the country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal will continue in the high-tech Japanese capital of Tokyo next year. Save for the boycott of the 1980 Olympics hosted by the Soviet Union, the Philippines has joined the world’s biggest quadrennial sporting event since it debuted in 1924. It is among 42 countries that have never captured a gold.

Ernest John Obiena AFP PHOTOS

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